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4369618 tn?1353528920

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Does anyone else fear that they will just stop breathing? sometimes i just forget to take a breath its hard to explain but then i worry myself sick what if my body just wont breath anymore???? i dont know how to explain it but i always think im gonna just stop breathing. I have no health problems but severe anxiety but i honestly do feel like my body is shutting down sometimes and doesnt wanna take in oxygen. Please help:(!
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4369618 tn?1353528920
Hard to believe but yup it is. Anxiety does crazy things to our body
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2035404 tn?1455169983
I been getting bad short of brearh idk why I'm getting this I've got a EKG done an they didn't see anything idk what's wrong with me... Is it really anxiery!?
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sometimes i think i cant swallow..like a feeling  like that
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4369618 tn?1353528920
Thanks guys feels good to know im not alone
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4382497 tn?1355808421
this happens to me sometimes, so i know how you feel. Only difference with me is i also have sleep apnea, and i have to sleep with a cpap every night so i don't have the episodes of not breathing when i sleep. but i experience it while i am awake too. scarey thing to deal with but I understand what you are going thru.
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if you don't breathe for a long enough time you will pass out and your body will start breathing on its own. i'm not a doctor but ive never heard of anyone who stopped breathing unless they were on some kind of drugs or alcohol.
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